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The silver rasbora (''Rasbora argyrotaenia'') is a species of
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
in the genus ''
Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Danionidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeast China. A single species, ''R. gerlachi'', is only known from an old specimen that reputedly origina ...
''. It occurs in the
Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ...
,
Chao Phraya The Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Etymology Written evidence of the river being referred to by the ...
and
Mae Klong The Mae Klong (, , ), sometimes spelled Meklong, is a river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, o ...
basins,
Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Tha ...
as well as
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,
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and
Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...
.


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Silver rasbora The silver rasbora (''Rasbora argyrotaenia'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Rasbora''. It occurs in the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins, Malay Peninsula as well as Borneo, Java (island), Java and Sumatra. References

Fish of the Mekong Basin Fauna of Brunei Fish of Cambodia Fish of Thailand Freshwater fish of Malaysia Freshwater fish of Indonesia Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Fish described in 1849 Freshwater fish of Borneo {{Rasboras-stub